Bus
Bus Maintenance
Retro Transit
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 9:52:00 AM
The first night Jan Homan reported for work – Christmas Eve 1975 – he was asked to do nothing more than keep an eye on the new Shingle Creek bus garage.
A warehouse that would eventually be home to buses, mechanics and operators was for the
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Bus
Minneapolis
Route of the Week
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:03:00 AM
As a Northeast Minneapolis resident, Angela Washington rides Route 11 nearly every day to get to and from her work as a caretaker in south Minneapolis.
On more than one occasion, she’s missed the bus and found herself waiting. And with service
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A Line BRT
Bus
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 3:36:00 PM
When Ed Anstett began at Metro Transit 36 years ago he was among four people who maintained the radios that had just been added to buses, providing a lifeline for operators who before that had nothing to rely on but payphones.
Like the technology
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A Line BRT
Bus
Posted by Drew Kerr |
Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:49:00 PM
Buses that will be used on the region’s first arterial Bus Rapid Transit line are beginning to arrive.
The first of 12 BRT buses that will be used on the A Line, #8000, was delivered on Friday, Nov. 27. The remainder of the fleet is scheduled to
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Bus
Community
METRO Blue Line
Shelters
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:52:00 AM
After years of campaigning, Standish-Ericsson resident Francy Scurato finally got her wish.
Earlier this year, Metro Transit removed a rusting, privately-owned shelter at the corner of East 38th Street and South 28th Avenue and put in its place a
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